Author: Cady Stanton, USA TODAY

The devices turned out to be fake, but James Dean Fowler, 50, faces felony charges, according to Bluefield Police Department Chief Dennis Dillow

Skeletal human remains were discovered on the edge of Lake Mead, marking the fourth discovery of its kind since May as the lake’s water level drops.

Six days after flooding first devastated Kentucky leaving 37 dead, concerns are growing over forecasted heat and humidity.

Temperatures broke dozens of daily records in the Pacific Northwest this weekend, and triple-digit temperature predictions continue into Sunday.

A 17-year-old boy was killed and four other people were critically injured when they were stabbed while tubing on the busy Apple River in Wisconsin.

More than 85 million people faced excessive heat warnings and advisories Sunday as an “extremely oppressive” heat wave wreaks havoc on the Northeast.

The report marks the first formal attempt to provide details into the Uvalde shooting as outrage has built over law enforcers’ delayed response.

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At least 10 heat records were broken in cities across the Southwest and Central U.S. More records could fall this week amid searing temperatures.